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26Feb 2016

Should Those Convicted of DUI be "Branded?"

A state congressman from Mississippi has proposed a bill that would require those convicted of two or more DUI charges to have special license plates letting other drivers (and the police) know immediately that they have a "drinking problem." The idea that Gary Chism has is that if you are a serial DUI offender and those driving in your immediate proximity know it, you will probably...

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26Feb 2016

Sometimes the Drunk Driver Isn't The One Driving

An interesting case occurred in Los Angeles. An officer noticed a car driving erratically on a side street. He pulled the car over expecting to find a drunk driver. Instead, he found a nine-year-old girl behind the wheel - with her drunk mom sitting beside her and her mom's boyfriend (also drunk) in the back seat. Apparently the woman thought that having her sober daughter drive...

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26Feb 2016

Is the BAC Limit Low Enough?

The National Transportation Safety Board has come out in favor of lowering the national BAC limit for impaired driving. Currently, the national limit is .08. However, the NTSB claims that impairment starts well before an individual has reached the current limit and, in actuality, the limit should be lowered to .05 - or more! Given that one out of three highway deaths involve alcohol impairment, they...

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26Feb 2016

Constitutionality of DUI Test Laws Come Before Supreme Court

Minnesota has made it a crime to refuse a DWI test. So, if you are suspected of DWI and refuse, say, a breathalyzer, you will be arrested and charged with a crime. What is before the Supreme Court here is the following issue: Since a breathalyzer is a "search" being conducted without a warrant, is it legal? The Supreme Court will hear arguments pro and con...

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